Volcano Season: 72 days

Yunmianmian woke up very early. She had to hurry before the sun came out.

It felt okay to sleep in the desert, sleeping on the soft sand through the sleeping bag, but it was a bit cold.

Maybe the fire was extinguished last night, so the temperature dropped very low in the second half of the night.

She got out of the sleeping bag, and her whole body was covered with sand, and some of it got into her clothes.

She shook hard, pulled up her clothes and shook them a few times, shaking out a lot of fine sand.

The pterosaur was sleeping next to her, and he opened his eyes when he heard the movement.

Yun Mianmian: "Xiaoyi, fly around and see if there is any green land, that is, a place with a lot of plants and water. Don't fly too far, fly for ten minutes, and come back to tell me if you see anything."

Yun Mianmian didn't want Xiaoyi to be too far away from her, fearing that it would be unsafe. It would be terrible if a player with good archery skills shot and injured Xiaoyi.

Xiaoyi nodded obediently, and Yun Mianmian gave it some water before leaving.

Watching Xiaoyi fly away, Yun Mianmian took out the lucky dice and threw it up.

Today's lucky number is 1.

Good things come in pairs, but this is in the endless yellow sand, with so few resources, and it is impossible to make items, and even trading is difficult. Good things come in pairs is a bit useless today.

Yun Mianmian wants everything to go well.

We can only hope that Xiaoyi can find the oasis.

Yun Mianmian took out the oasis map again. The only reference points on it were resource points and pyramids.

Yun Mianmian didn't see any of them. She was going to have some breakfast first, take a short break and pack her things, and wait for Xiaoyi to come back to meet Mu Baiyin first, and then they could go out together to find the oasis.

While eating, she opened the panel to check the messages.

After she fell asleep last night, Lin Qi sent her another message.

[Regional Chat/Lin Qi (Region 1)/27.4km: I tried to see which way would get closer to you. Now I know which direction you are in. If you don't mind, I will come to find you tomorrow.]

The distance is indeed a little closer.

This person is quite friendly. Yun Mianmian didn't reply, and he didn't come here without permission.

Yun Mianmian thought about the pros and cons of meeting Lin Qi yesterday, so she replied without hesitation.

Yun Mianmian: [Ok, come on, I'm going to find an oasis, how many people can sit on your desert motorcycle? ]

Yun Mianmian was thinking about getting a ride.

[Regional chat/Lin Qi (Zone 1)/27.4km: It can barely fit two people if it's crowded. ]

Yun Mianmian: [Okay, then you can come find me, but I have to find another friend first. ]

She thought about it and sent a message to Mu Baiyin.

Yun Mianmian: [Baiyin, I'll come to see you later, is it convenient for you? ]

[Regional chat/Mu Baiyin (Zone 3)/2.6km: Sure, but I have someone else here, Bai Jiaoyi from Zone 2. "

[Regional Chat/Mu Baiyin (Zone 3)/2.6km: She said her friends were also walking this way.]

Yun Mianmian frowned: [That’s not very convenient, do you want to go with them?]

Mu Baiyin was also in a dilemma.

Bai Jiaoyi was a very enthusiastic girl. Last night, she talked to her all night. It seemed that they had hit it off and treated her as a sister. She also said that when her friends came, she would take her to find the oasis. She was a little passive, but she didn’t know how to refuse.

She wanted to find Yun Mianmian was hesitant, but it was not easy to say that she was leaving. Yun Mianmian also did not want to team up with strangers. Which side should she choose? Yun Mianmian

saw that she did not reply for a long time, and probably knew that she was in trouble.

In this case, she would just act on her own. She really did not like too many people, as it was easy to have disagreements when there were too many people, not to mention with the people in District 2.

Yun Mianmian ate the remaining food, packed up her sleeping bag and other things, and then buried the traces she left behind with sand.

[Regional Chat/Mu Baiyin (Zone 3)/2.6km: Mianmian, why don’t I go with Bai Jiaoyi first, she said she wants me to accompany her to wait for her friends, I will come to you later.]

Yun Mianmian: [Okay, keep in touch anytime, I’m going to find the oasis.]

Yun Mianmian always feels that the name Bai Jiaoyi is a little familiar, as if she has seen it somewhere.

But she can’t remember.

[Regional Chat/Lin Qi (Zone 1)/26.8km: I’m coming, it will take about 20 minutes to reach your place.]

Yun Mianmian: [I’m about to set off too, you can catch up.]

Anyway, she rides a camel slower than Lin Qi.

Xiaoyi can be seen flying back from a distance.

I don’t know if it has found anything.

Xiaoyi hovered above Yun Mianmian’s head, "I only saw a few trees, but no water. "

Yun Mianmian was a little disappointed, "Is that so? Then you come down."

Yes, an oasis is not that easy to find. Many people walk in the desert for several days and still can't see an oasis.

Xiaoyi is now about the height of Yun Mianmian's shoulders, and its wings are two meters long when spread out, but it doesn't look like it can carry people. It has only been a few days since it was born.

Yun Mianmian touched the fur on its head, "Do you want to go in and rest?"

Xiaoyi: "No need."

Yun Mianmian: "You'd better go in. Someone may come to look for me later, and you don't know him. "

Xiao Yi nodded.

Anyway, the octopus girl was also locked in the bottle, so it didn't matter if she went in.

Since she didn't find the oasis, Yun Mianmian simply walked towards Lin Qi and quickly met him.

She let out the camel and sat on it. The camel walked slowly, but faster than her walking.

After about fifteen minutes, Yun Mianmian saw yellow sand rolling in the distance and the sound of an engine.

It seemed to be Lin Qi.

Yun Mianmian had never seen him before. She didn't expect him to be a boy with a short haircut, tall and strong, with sharp and tough features, and a very shallow scar at the corner of his mouth.

"Yun Mianmian?"

"Yes, it's me."

The two of them greeted each other, and there was no need to introduce themselves, after all, they had not seen each other for a long time.

Lin Qi: "Do you have a direction? Where are you going?"

Yun Mianmian spread her hands and shook her head, "I don't know, I have an oasis map, but I can't see any clues."

She generously handed the oasis map to Lin Qi.

She couldn't understand it herself, so she might as well let everyone see it, just in case there was a clue. Finding the oasis first is the most important thing.

Otherwise, staying in the desert for a few days will not gain anything, and it will be a waste of time.

If you just want to survive these ten days, it would be too unsatisfactory.

And today is doubly lucky, if you don't find anything, it will be a waste.

Lin Qi took it and looked at it, as if he had discovered something. "The terrain of this place looks a bit familiar, as if the shape of a hill I just passed by is like this." Lin Qi

was able to tell this mainly because he came here on a desert motorcycle. If he walked, it would be difficult to find the changes in the terrain.

He pointed to a point on the map, "If what I said is correct, then we may be in this location. The nearest oasis is also 40 kilometers away. It takes about an hour to ride a motorcycle."

Yun Mianmian: "One hour is okay, how about going to take a look?"

Lin Qi: "I may be wrong. If you are sure you want to go, get in the car."

Yun Mianmian: "There is no other way now. Maybe it is true."

Lin Qi: "Okay."

He raised his chin and let Yun Mianmian get in the car.

Yun Mianmian put the camel into her backpack. She walked behind Lin Qi and looked at the motorcycle with some hesitation.

She had never ridden on the back seat of a boy's motorcycle before, and it looked a bit dangerous and exciting.

Lin Qi introduced: "This motorcycle is called Desert Raider, an off-road motorcycle, very suitable for long-distance adventures. Don't worry, I'll ride it more steadily."

Yun Mianmian nodded, "Okay."

She raised her legs and stepped on it, leaning forward, holding Lin Qi's shoulders.

"Don't be nervous, just hold it steady."

Lin Qi spoke steadily, his voice was rough, and he was not frivolous at all.

Yun Mianmian: "Well, let's go."

Lin Qi started the motorcycle. Although it started very steadily, Yun Mianmian still leaned back due to inertia, but she held on very steadily and there was no problem at all.

The speed was not fast, but compared with the speed of a camel, it was already very fast.

The engine was very loud, and Yun Mianmian felt that her butt was sore from the vibration after sitting for more than ten minutes. She didn't know if Lin Qi would feel uncomfortable driving for so long.

She felt very uncomfortable anyway, and riding a motorcycle stirred up a lot of wind and sand. Yun Mianmian felt the pain on her face from being hit by the sand even with a face towel wrapped around her.

An hour finally passed, and Yun Mianmian wanted to get off the car immediately.

But they did not find any trace of the oasis.

Let alone an oasis, there was nothing to see except a few scattered dry bushes.

Lin Qi stopped the car, "It seems wrong, I don't know if I went in the wrong direction, or my previous speculation was wrong."

Yun Mianmian: "There was too much sand when I passed by just now, I couldn't see the road clearly, what about you?"

Lin Qi: "I looked, the terrain is almost the same as on the map."

Yun Mianmian: "Maybe the terrain of the desert is similar."

Lin Qi: "It's possible, anyway, I don't see any oasis now."

Yun Mianmian sighed, "There's nothing I can do about it."

Lin Qi: "By the way, do you have any information about the desert rose stone? I sent a map, but it's even more useless than the oasis map. I can't tell where it is distributed. I only know where it is. In some places, there are many, in some places, there are few, and we don’t even know what it is. "

Yun Mianmian: "I know a little bit, it is a kind of mineral in natural stone, shaped like a rose, and grows in the desert, so it is called desert rose stone."

Lin Qi: "Where can I find it?"

Yun Mianmian also looked at the map, which only marked some points, some more, some less, and even the terrain. "This kind of rose stone is very rare and particularly difficult to find. The hardness is too low, and it is very easy to be damaged. It will be damaged by a strong wind. I don’t know where it is."

Even if the oasis map and the desert rose stone map are combined, there is nothing new to discover.

Yun Mianmian guessed that perhaps there is something else that needs to be unlocked to understand these two maps.

Lin Qi: "It seems that finding it depends on luck."

Yun Mianmian: "I don't have any idea at the moment. We can't just go digging all over the desert."

Desert rose stone is very difficult to find on the surface because it mainly exists deep in the ancient desert.

Some desert rose stones are the cooling products of volcanic magma, and some are condensed from quartz sand.

Yun Mianmian thought so, so she didn't even look for it. She saw it and saw it. There are not many of them, so she can't find it even if she digs.

Maybe she will even dig it up.

But she still has to look for it. Since the system has issued this task, it means that this thing is very important.

But now Yun Mianmian wants to find an oasis first, and then see her luck. If she is lucky, she will look for it.

Lin Qi: "It's almost noon, let's find a place to hide."

Once noon arrived, it was impossible to hurry up. The sun was too strong. Even if you took good care of the sunscreen, you would still be sunburned by the high temperature of more than 40 degrees.

Yun Mianmian got back in the car, and the two drove towards the distant hills, intending to find a shady place to hide.

Their luck was not bad. They actually found a Gobi canyon. The sun just couldn't reach the canyon, and it was quite cool inside.

Yun Mianmian and Lin Qi prepared to go down and take a look, maybe there would be a harvest.

They each brought a rope, neither of which was long enough, but it was just enough when tied together. Lin Qi said that he would pull it from above and let Yun Mianmian go down first.

Yun Mianmian thought about it and agreed. She brought a spider silk launcher with her and just took it out.

If Lin Qi did something wrong, she would use the spider silk launcher immediately. This way, nothing would happen and she could test it out.

Although it is not good to be suspicious of others, it is necessary to be on guard against others. After all, this is the end of the world.

Of course, she can also let Octopus Girl come out, but that would be more conspicuous. It is better not to use Octopus Girl unless it is necessary.

Lin Qi must have a pet, but he didn't take it out.

Yun Mianmian was a little bit cunning, but facts proved that she was worrying too much. When Lin Qi let her down, he held the rope firmly and didn't break it.

After Yun Mianmian went down, he thought of a way to fix the rope, and then slowly climbed down. It

was quite comfortable in the canyon, and there was a little cool breeze. Compared with the top, it was like heaven and earth.

It's just that it's a bit narrow down here. I can see a hole in front that can only accommodate one person, but I don't know where the hole leads to.

Looking from one end to the other, I just feel that it's pitch black inside.

Yun Mianmian: "Let's go and take a look."

Lin Qi: "Yesterday I saw a chat in the area saying that a monster was seen. Are you sure you want to go?"

Yun Mianmian: "..."

Lin Qi: "How about I go and take a look first, and then you can come back if it's ok."

Yun Mianmian: "Is the monster you're talking about the lizard-like thing they said?"

Lin Qi: "Yes, you saw it too, flying in the sky, and someone posted a picture. Although it's blurry, it does look weird."

Yun Mianmian was embarrassed and coughed, "Right, but I think we should go together. It's so narrow here, and no monster should like this kind of place."

Seeing that she was not afraid at all, Lin Qi agreed.

Yun Mianmian believed in her intuition, and her intuition told her that there must be good things on the other side.

The two walked one in front and one behind, Yun Mianmian walked behind, and walked into the gap.

Lin Qi took out a flashlight and illuminated the road ahead.

He took a few steps and was suddenly stopped by Yun Mianmian.

"Wait, don't move."

Lin Qi just lifted his foot and didn't dare to put it down. "What's wrong?"

Yun Mianmian pulled him back, squatted down, and picked up a stone on the ground. "This seems to be... a broken rose stone."

Lin Qi: "Is it?"

Yun Mianmian looked at it carefully, "It seems to be, but it's broken, I'm not sure."

Lin Qi also squatted down. He was very strong. He just picked up a stone and didn't use much force. The stone broke in his hand.

Yun Mianmian: "Let's go, it's all broken, it's probably useless, but maybe we can find desert rose stones nearby, let's take a closer look later."

This canyon is longer than expected.

The two walked for about ten minutes before they came out.

There were also a few poisonous scorpions inside, but they were all dealt with by Lin Qi who was walking in front.

Lin Qi packed up the poisonous scorpions, probably intending to use them.

Yun Mianmian didn't care about him, anyway, she didn't want them, it was useless.

After walking out of the canyon, Yun Mianmian suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing.

Although there was still yellow sand in front of her, this was a very good place to stay. It was

much more comfortable to rest here than up there.

However, it didn't seem like there were many resources here.

Yun Mianmian thought for a moment, and took out an ore detector from her backpack.

Her newly made large ore detector can detect deeper and farther distances.

As long as there is ore within a radius of 20 meters, the detector will beep.

As soon as Yun Mianmian took it out and probed the ground, she heard the sound.

"It looks like there is ore here."

Lin Qi: "Well, there are already a lot of ore resources in the desert, but it's very troublesome to mine."

Yun Mianmian: "Not a problem."

She took out the excavator with a smile.

As soon as the huge excavator was taken out, Lin Qi was shocked.

"With this, mining is not a problem."

Although this is an oil excavator, it can also be used to dig sand.

Sand is not hard anyway.

Once it is dug up, the ore underneath can be mined.

Yun Mianmian had already made up her mind before coming here that she would dig like crazy in the desert, and it would be best if she could gather all the ore needed for the upgrade in these ten days.

The system said that as long as she could survive these ten days safely, she would be rewarded with a large amount of supplies, and maybe she could have replenished other supplies.

At present, the ship has become foldable. Yun Mianmian guessed that maybe at the next level, the ship could be used on land, or turned into a house?

In short, everything is possible.

Even though the system also said that after this season, if she passed the test, she would get the opportunity to return to reality, she still felt that since the ship could be upgraded, things would not be that simple.

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fact, Lin Qi also brought some equipment.

Although it is not as powerful as an excavator, it can still be of some use.

He brought a small mining machine, which is much more efficient than a pickaxe and a shovel.

Yun Mianmian used the excavator to dig up the sand, and then he could operate the mining machine. In this way, both of them could get a lot of ore in a short time.

But before Yun Mianmian started digging, she discussed with him about the distribution of the ore.

"How about this, we dig out ore together, I get 60% and you get 40%. How about that? I found the ore, and without the excavator, you probably can't mine it."

Yun Mianmian's condition was fair enough.

Lin Qi had no objection, "Okay, just as you say."

"Then start digging."

Yun Mianmian sat on the excavator. It was her first time operating it, so she asked Lin Qi to stay away to avoid being accidentally injured.

"Be careful, I don't know how to use it, and I will shovel you into the ground."

Lin Qi was a little scared to see how fierce she was, so he quickly made way. He shouted to Yun Mianmian in the excavator: "How about I do it?"

Yun Mianmian: "Can you use it?"

Lin Qi: "I guess I can do it better than you."

Yun Mianmian: "Let me try it first. If it doesn't work, I'll give it to you."

Lin Qi: "Okay."

He stayed far away.

Yun Mianmian mainly wanted to give it a try. There is a first time for everything. If Lin Qit is not around next time, she will have to do it herself.

She learns things very quickly. The excavator produced by this system is very simple. After all, it is a game, and there are instructions. You don’t need to know how to drive. You just need to follow the game instructions given by the system.

Soon, Yun Mianmian mastered the essentials and dug quite well. Yun Mianmian

dug a huge pit. She looked down at Lin Qi outside, "Haha, is it okay?"

Lin Qi looked into the pit and vaguely saw the metallic luster of the ore.

"It's really not bad."

Yun Mianmian: "Okay, dig a little more, it's your turn."

Lin Qi: "OK."

Yun Mianmian shoveled out two more excavators of sand, then turned off the excavator, jumped off it, and then put the excavator into her backpack.

She also saw the ore below. Although manual mining is slow, there is only one machine for two people, so she decided to mine together. After all, she was doubly lucky today, and the more she dug, the better.

The ore below is all iron ore. It

just so happens that the most needed material for upgrading is iron ore.

Yun Mianmian can first save enough iron ore for her own upgrade, and then give the rest to her mother and Yun Xiao to help them hurry up and reach level 7.

Otherwise, if they can't reach level 7 after leaving the desert in ten days, the ship will find it difficult to resist the power of the underwater volcanic eruption.

Although it was noon, it was not hot in the canyon. The two worked for half a day before sweating a little. If they were outside, they would probably have sunstroke by now.

In the chat channel, many players have already felt unwell.

The symptoms are severe dehydration, weakness in the limbs, dizziness, thirst, and headache.

Many people need heatstroke medicine, but at this time, even if there is any, no one is willing to take it out.

Now they can only trade face to face, and everyone is afraid that they will be taken advantage of in person.

This is already the case on the second day, and the situation will only get worse in a few days.

When Yun Mianmian was resting, she looked at the chat channel and found that everyone’s situation was not optimistic. After thinking about it, she still posted a message in the regional chat.

"Don't walk around outside from 12 noon to the sun setting in the afternoon. It's best to find a place to hide, otherwise it will be very troublesome if you get heat stroke."

Yun Mianmian didn't want to expose herself in this area before, but she saw that many players in Area 3 and Area 1 got heat stroke, so she decided to come out and remind everyone.

After all, one more life is one more life. The later the game goes, the more Yun Mianmian feels that the more people survive, the better.

The rules of the system have always been to reward the area with the most survivors, which also means that it hopes that the survival rate of players will be higher.

After Yun Mianmian spoke, other players also came out to speak.

Bai Jiaoyi: "From 1pm to 3pm, the sun will directly shine on the desert, and the temperature of the ground is very high. It's best not to go out during this time, otherwise it's easy to get heatstroke. Everyone must pay attention to sun protection and drink water sparingly."

"It's Yun Mianmian!"

"The boss of District 3 is also in this area."

"Why didn't you say it before? Now that so many people have heatstroke, you're saying it. Isn't it hindsight?"

"It's good that you can say it. What does your life or death have to do with others?"

"Why do I feel you're being hypocritical?"

"Is it necessary to be hypocritical with you to survive in the apocalypse? There's no benefit."

"I don't know what Yun Mianmian is thinking, but Bai Jiaoyi is the goddess of our District 2. She will definitely not be hypocritical."

Yun Mianmian was just taking a break. After sending the reminder message, she didn't close the panel and saw the message at the end.

Bai Jiaoyi, it seems to be the player that Mu Baiyin met.

"Bai Jiaoyi has always been the first in contribution value in our second district. She has made a lot of contributions to our second district. Of course, we should listen to what she says."

"Yun Mianmian is also the first in contribution value in our district, and she has won the first place in the deserted island survival twice before. I don't even know where Bai Jiaoyi in your district ranks."

"Why? Strong strength does not mean a good person. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Bai Jiaoyi does not have such strong strength, but she can still be the first in contribution value. Do you understand the difference?" "If not

strength, what to look at? Who is more holy?"

Seeing that the chat channel was quarreling, Yun Mianmian closed it.

At this time, someone sent a private message to Yun Mianmian.

[Regional Chat/Bai Jiaoyi (District 2)/53.1km: Hello, Yun Mianmian, I am Bai Jiaoyi, shall we form a team? Bai Yin is here too, and she told me about you.]

[Regional Chat/Bai Jiaoyi (District 2)/53.1km: And my teammates and I think you are great, and we want to work with you. I have plenty of resources here, and we have two types of maps.]

Yun Mianmian frowned and replied: [It’s inconvenient, it’s too far.]

[Regional Chat/Bai Jiaoyi (District 2)/53.1km: I heard from Bai Yin that we were very close, why did you suddenly go so far? Do you have transportation? It will be quick to come here.]